1. Job 21:13 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 21:13 (Summary)

Job 21:13 (ESV)

13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.

The wicked enjoy prosperity in every area: health (Job 21:7), family (Job 21:8, Job 21:11), farming (Job 21:10), and home life (Job 21:9, Job 21:12). To top it all, they die a peaceful death. Thus, there is no good reason to believe that wickedness brings suffering.

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